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Word: box (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...page measure struck in three directions: at the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act, at the Norris-LaGuardia (anti-injunction) Act, at Communist influence in trade unions. Its chief points (see box) were long, strong and sharp. They were nailed down by stern rules and broad new definitions. The only kind of "compulsory unionism" the bill permitted was the union shop,* and then only if a majority of the workers wanted it and the employer himself had no objection. The bill would safeguard both workers' and employers' rights to speak out against unions. It would deprive workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Challenge | 4/28/1947 | See Source »

...dour little Belgian named René Magritte, have Salvador Dali's technical perfection but none of Dali's tiresome bag of Freudian tricks. Sample Magritte subjects: a fountain-as cool and wet-looking as the real thing-which spouts crystal mirrors, crowns, hands and cornucopias; a cigar box puffing a cigar; a door, set up against the sky, opening to admit a cloud; a glassy-eyed nude crammed into a bottle, entitled "inspiration," a beach sprouting sorrowful, earthbound pigeons, whose dull green wings flap like leaves in the wind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Be Charming | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

With one out, Carroll walked for Northeastern. Matthews hit back to the box, but Reilly's error advanced the runners to second and third. A ground ball brought Carroll home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Nine Tops Huskies, To Face Connecticut Today | 4/18/1947 | See Source »

...Freshmen who received CRIMSON Confidential Guide polls in the Union yesterday are requested to fill out the polls today and return them to the box in the Union Hall. Blank polls will be made available again at lunch hour in the Union and at the CRIMSON building during...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Take Notice | 4/17/1947 | See Source »

...Tactics. Leo seldom appears on the ball field until just before the umpire calls, "Play ball!" He holds court until game time in his office or his private box at Ebbets Field, usually cluttered with his Broadway and Hollywood cronies (including Danny Kaye, Jack Benny, and a blonde...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Lip | 4/14/1947 | See Source »

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